Last week we had four Winter Photography Workshops on #Mull with a private group. Thanks to David for sharing his great Otter photographs with us. We look forward to more winter wildlife tours in the next ten days and then excited for our Mull package experience with Iolo Williams and guests the week afterwards! #MullWildlifeTour #mullwildlife #MullPhotographyTour #MullWildlifeTours #IsleofMull #MullPhotography #mullwinter #LandscapePhotography #photographyworkshop
Duke of Edinburgh Photography...
This summer Nature Scotland is mentoring Tobermory local, Carla Williams in her bronze Duke of Edinburgh award with the school. Carlas skill section is 'Nature Photography' and we love this photo-collage of her garden ecosystem, showing all the connections between the species... The hungry Coal Tits are taking seed from the feeders and with their messy habits they are dropping excess food. The ground-dwelling Dunnock takes advantage of this along with the Vole as well! The Bu
Minke whales in the golden hour...
It was a beautiful evening on the local patch last night as we watched feeding Minke Whales, accompanied by Manx Shearwaters and Gannets. We also watched a juvenile White-tailed Eagle out in the 'middle grounds' a few miles off shore having a look at some small gatherings of feeding sea birds, before heading westwards towards the Isle of Coll! Whilst watching the wildlife I took a few seascape images during the 'golden hour'. #NatureScotland #minkewhales #MullWildlifeTour #Mu
Please Vote for Nature Scotland!
Please consider voting Nature Scotland for the award of 'Best Newcomer' at the Scottish Outdoor & Leisure Awards 2017! http://outdoorleisureawards.co.uk/vote/ #MullTour #BestNewcomer #NatureScotland #IsleofMull #MullWildlifeTour #MullWildlifeTours #MullPhotographyTour #photographyworkshop
One of the best seasonal spectacles has to be a deciduous woodland covered with thick carpets of Bluebells! This week our Photography Workshop guests have enjoyed immersing themselves in the ancient woodlands around #Mull. #MullPhotographyTour #photographyworkshop #IsleofMull #MullWildlifeTour #MullWildlifeTours #NatureScotland #WildlifeTours #WildlifeBlog
A white bluebell on the Isle of Ulva, photographed earlier this week. The "albino" flowers lack the pigment that gives bluebells their traditional purplish blue colour. #MullWildlifeTour #MullPhotography #WildlifeTours #MullWildlifeTours #photographyworkshop #MullPhotographyTour #EwanMiles #Hebrides #MullTour
A Golden Moment... Our home star setting on the Isle of #Mull last night. Join us on the #isleofmull for a #photography workshop out in stunning natural surroundings! #IsleofMull #Mull #MullWildlifeTour #WildlifeTours #NatureScotland #EwanMiles #MullPhotographyTour #wildernessphotographyworkshop #photographyworkshop #MullPhotography
A nasty northerly?! A big sea running out there today, creating some wonderful seascape opportunities. This black and white image was taken during a snow storm as I attempted to capture the drama of the big waves crashing into the the shoreline. 6 Twite on the wing and a good number of Kittiwakes and Razorbills blown right into the bay. Looking forward to taking guests out again tomorrow on a Mull Half Day Tour! #MullPhotographyTour #photographyworkshop #MullPhotography #Ewan
This afternoon I was researching some wild locations for our 'Wilderness Photography Workshops' this year and was fortunate to watch some amazing Atlantic weather systems moving through! #MullPhotographyTour #photographyworkshop #MullPhotography #wildernessphotographyworkshop #EwanMiles #NatureScotland #IsleofMull
Hebridean waters are one of the best places in Europe to see Manx Shearwaters in large numbers! The sight of them banking over the seas on stiff wings is still one of my favourite British wildlife spectacles. Join us on the Hebridean Photography Tour with Sea Wild Scotland this May to search for a plethora of marine species and have the chance to explore a number of islands! http://www.naturescotland.com/hebridean-photography-tour #HebrideanPhotographyTour #MullPhotographyTou
Bookings are coming in for our Photography Workshops for 2017... #MullPhotographyTour #MullPhotography #photographyworkshop #EwanMiles #NatureScotland #IsleofMull #MullWildlifeTours
Some adventurous weather on Mull this week. I was out this afternoon practising the art of seascape photography, and this was the best I could manage with the conditions. Great too see birds pairing up now, with Buzzards, Hooded Crows and Ravens seen interacting closely. A juvenile White-tailed Eagle flew by when I was photographing, and an adult female Hen Harrier flushed a couple of Common Snipe on my way home. We had a Mull Half Day Tour yesterday and the highlight was a p
Golden Eagle, Mull, Feb 2017
Is there any better sight than a Golden Eagle owning a mountainous skyline? Wilderness Photography Workshop, Friday 17th Feb 2017. #GoldenEagle #NatureScotland #MullPhotography #MullPhotographyTour #photographyworkshop #IsleofMull #MullWildlifeTours #WildlifeBlog #WildlifeTours #EwanMiles
Wendy the satellite tagged Hen Harrier has been working a concentrated area on the Isle of Ulva for the last few months. Myself and a few other naturalists went out to search for Wendy recently and managed to scope a distant ringtail bird in the area where she is based. This could well have been Wendy, but we were too far away to see the antenna on her sat tag! Wendy is unfortunately now one of only 5 satellite tagged birds that is still active from last years 'Hen Harrier LI
Another image of a Crested Tit I took last month while I was staying over on Grantown-On-Spey to do a talk for a local natural history society. We do not have this species breeding on Mull but our local Great Tits have been heard projecting their songs with Dunnocks and Blackbirds also heard in song. #MullTour #MullPhotographyTour #MullHalfDayTour #MullWildlifeTours #IsleofMull #photographyworkshop #MullPhotography #EwanMiles #WildlifeBlog
Nature Scotland have exciting new Mull Photography Workshops for 2017! We are taking bookings now... http://www.naturescotland.com/photography-workshops Photo courtesy of R Darby. #MullPhotographyTour #NightPhotography #Photographytour #photographyworkshop #MullPhotography #IsleofMull #Mull #EwanMiles #NatureScotland
Amazing video from Norway...
Amazing footage from the wilds of Norway, with two cock Capercaillies in mid-lek when a Golden Eagle strikes one of the birds! While the Golden Eagle mantles one of the cocks the other Capercaillie diverts his aggression towards the eagle, due to high levels of testosterone which was meant for his sparring partner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v45rTayXtzk #GoldenEagle #Eagle #IsleofMull #MullHalfDayTour #MullWildlifeTours #WildlifeBlog #MullPhotographyTour #photographywork
The value of birds of prey to rural areas continues to increase... The latest study of its economic value concluded it had contributed more than £8.2m since it opened to the public. It has attracted more than 100,000 visitors and supported the equivalent of about 20 full-time jobs in the region. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-38558203?SThisFB #ecotourism #WildlifeTourism #WildlifeBlog #WildlifeTours #MullWildlifeTours #IsleofMull #RedKites #MullPhotograp
Superb views of Chough feeding in the sand dunes on northern Islay this week! Here is a great photo of one of the birds we encountered courtesy of Guy Broome. #NatureScotland #IsleofIslay #Hebrides #WinterWildlife #WildlifeTours #photographyworkshop #Photographytour #WildlifePackageHolidays
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